tastes like a coarse description of field peas; the Wahiyow strike a light
by using friction with its wood and a reed. (530.)
1 E r i o s e m a p a r v i f l o r u m , E. Mey. Karagiig. 1862. (420.)
2 E . n . s p . ; stems zigzag very much; low bush. Madi slopes, Dec. 1862.
3 E . s p . - , 2 ft. high, erect. KaragOg hills, Eeb. 1862. (414.)
1 L o n c h o c a r p u s p h U e n o p t e r a , Benth.; 5 ft. cir., rather ash-like tree, with
erect clusters of handsome flowers attractive to bees. 7° S.
2 L . I c u d j b r a s ? Guill. and Per.; “ Mowaleh;” 30 in. cir. tree, in lilac, sweetscented
blossom. Madi. 3°N. 13th Jan. 1863. (743.)
1 E a l b e r g i a m e l a n o x y l o n , Guill. and Per.; “ M’pingo” (Kis.); “ M’Gembeh”
(Ugogo); “ M’Teendeea” (Eon.); 20 in. cir. tree ; wood considered first-class,
bemg impervious to insects; very hard and heavy, with dull purple heart,
resembling rosewood when polished; uses—arrow-tips, wooden hammers
(for beatmg bark cloths), rafters; ro o t. a cure fo r. toothache. Met with
from 5° S. to 5° N. (3.)
1 A b r u s S c h i m p e r i , Hochst.; seemed to be a woody-climber. Madi. 3° N. 1863.
2 A . p r e c a t o r i u s , L . ; found curling up a young tree. Dkuni, 4° S., Sept. 1861 -
Zanzibar men consider the roots boiled in grain and eaten a certain remedy
tor swollen testicles; after taking it vomiting is said to ensue; plentiful in
D f ? a’. wbere Sp* king’s officers wear wreaths of its scarlet seeds. (12 2 .)
1 P a r M n s o n i a a c u l e a t a , L .; seems to have been imported here by the Austrian
Mission. Gondokoro, 5° N. 1863.
1 P o i n d a n a p v X c h e r r i m a , L. Zanzibar.
1 P i t i o s t i g m a T h o n n i n g i i ? Sehum.; “ M’Keendambogo ” (Kin.); “ Keeteem-
bee (Kis.); a brushwood tree, found everywhere, growing like the i ' dak ”
of In d ia ; short lashings can be stripped from the b a rk ; the leaves are used
to cover sores. (95.)
1 C a s s i a o b o v a t a , Coll.; senna; seen being collected from sand-covered fields of
Kartoum, March 1863.
2 C . a a i M f o l i a , Del.; also gathered, to a smaller extent, from the sand-covered
fields of Kartoum. March 1863.
3 C . T b ra.L.; amongst grasses and near moisture. 2°N. 27th Oct. 1862. (600.)
4 O . o c d d e n t a i i s , L.; bush, near water, Nile banks. March 1863.
** * ’ 3 Mcaekses » ; ” _ 5 ft. to 6 ft. high; outspreading, sombre, green
foiiaged, yellow flowering, black podded bush; seen as fencing, and common.
3 N. 12th Feb. 1863. (76.)
6 G . s p . ; a wild senna; near a c u t i f o l i a , but pubescent with broader leaves.
Desert valley, near Korosko, 21° N. April 1863.
7 C . m i m o s o i d e s , L . ; foot h igh; wing-like stipules remain withered on the stem
after the leaves have fallen off 2° S. and 2° N. (445.)
8 C . s p . (Sect. Chamsecrista); small herbaceous plant, growing locally. Alt.
1200 ft. M’bwiga, Oct. 1860. & J
9 C . s p . (drawing—no specimen); yellow flowering~tree; pod 5 in. by 1 ; seeds
elongate and round; leaves thickly paired. 1 ° 42' S. Feb. 1862. (430.)
10 C . s p . (drawing—no specimen); 6 ft. high shrub, with yellow flowers; pods
42 rouJl^> glossy, and brown, with green edges, crammed w ith flat,
ng-shaped seeds; midnbs re d ; the branches smell so nastily the natives use
^veawaymosquitoes. 1°42'S., alt. 5000 ft., March 1862. (454.)
1 G o r d y l a R i c h a r d i , Planch.; 12 ft. cir. tr e e ; fruit large walnut size; gum in
deep red bosses. 6 miles S. of Gondokoro, 15th Feb. 1862.
1 S w a r t z i a v n a r g i n a j t a , Benth.; ‘ ‘ M’nyembe; ” ordinary-sized tree. 3° N
1862. (644.)
1 A f z d i a P e t e r s i c m a ? K l .; “ M ak o la;” 9 to 12 ft. circ. tree, branching
i • o o ?t t t ramo’ Useklie, and UnyamiLSzi forests; Gani and
Madi, 3 N . Uses—young purple-tinted leaves are eaten as a spinage,
no ropes, but drums, door-planks, quivers, and pipe-bowls are made from
its light mahogany-coloured wood by the Wanyamii£zi; a brown, tasteless,
volatile gum exudes from wounds; flowers richly perfumed. (14 and 27.)
1 D e t a n u m s p .; seed only. The natives a t 3° 15' N. eat its fruit, and call the
tree Bootoo. Feb. 1863. (761.)
1 T a m a H n d u s I n d i c a , L. ; “ Looquajoo; ” ranges from Rumuma, alt. 2700
ft., 6 46 S. to 3 and 4° N., in the Bari country. (124 and 541.)
1 N o m m i g e n u s (near C o p a i f e r a ) ; “ M’chenga.” Livingstone gives the name
“ Chenga” to a similar tree. Covers the Wanyamfiesi forests; bark made
into bandboxes, immense round stores for grain, and fibred kilts. (32.)
2 N . g e n u s , i d s p e c i e s ? (leaf only); “ Miombo;” girth 9 ft. ; 50 ft. high,
with dark-green foliage; considered a first-class wood; made into rafters ;
flowers yield the best-flavoured and whitest honey, and the bark is converted
into boats, roofing, grain-bins, kilts, and matches; while in Uhiyow
the cloth from its bark is said to bleach like sheeting. 24° and 54° S
32° E. Alt. 4148. (1.)' . s 5 ’
1 E i c h r o s t a c h y s n u t a n s , Benth.; Shillook country. Nile banka, March 1863.
^ k l ? ’ ’ ^°iwer^ bottle-brush shape; -one-half rose-pink, contrasting beautifully
with other lemon-yellow half. Bruce figures this amongst his Abyssinian
plants. Alt. 2700. 6° 46' S. (20.)
1 M i m o s a a s p e r a t a , L .; thorny bush, in every swamp. 2° N., &c. (575.)
1 A c a c i a A r a b i c a , L.; ‘“ Soonud” (Arab). Bagara Arabs, &c., dye their clothes
with its pods. The coarse-made boats of the Upper Nile are built of its
cross-grained wood, not considered durable. About 10° N. the trees measured
8 and 10 ft. in girth; those forming forests in low islands, a t 12° N.
measured but from 4 to 6 ft. At Muscat, this species is used in extracting
spirit from the date. Seen also a t Siout avenue, Nile bank, 28° N (769 )
2 A . S e y a l ? Del.; “ M’salla.” Forests of it at 9° N. Nile left bank March
3, 1863; tree stems Indian red, concealing a soft apple-green b a rk ; height,
12 to 18 f t.; flat-topped, and branches much broken by wild elephant eat-
lng its legumes; found also a t 18° N., where camels eagerly fed upon it •
hard, brittle gum accumulates on the trunk. (767.7.)
3 A . s p . (near S e y a l ) - , “ M’seekeezzee; ” inner bark used as lashings for temporary
huts. 2° S. and 3° N. 1861, 1862. (677.)
4 A . s p . (near or same as last). A bush w ith pale hazel bark, scaling. Karagug
valley, Dec. 6, 1861. (384.)
5 A . e b u r n e a ? WiUd.; 30 ft. high; top, flat as a table. E. African chain alt.
4750 ft., 6° 38' S. Dec. 1860.
6 A- * P - (not .in flower); also “ M’sa lla ;” 10 ft. girth, with white 2-inch long
double, bulbless thorns set closely all over the stem; inner bark made into
- lashings. Woods, Dec. 12, 1862. (690.5.)
7 A . c a t e c h u ? L .i“ M’wombweh; ” tree 20 to 30 in. girth, covered w ith angry
black, flattened thorns. 3° N., and Noer country 84° N .; one had ripened
red pods, white bark, and double black flattened thorns. March 9, 1863
No uses known except fencing. (767.8 and 756.5.)
8 A . a l b i d a , Del.; “ Haraz” (Arab.); leaves eaten by goats, and its bark used
for curing leather. Nile bank, 15° N. March 1863. (771.)
9. A . s p . Madi wood. Dec. 1862.
10 A . s p . , “ M’footamvool’ah; ” 30-inch circ. tre e ; thornless, with pyramidal
clusters o f . jasmine-scented flowers, delicate-tinted foliage, and whitish
finely-striated boughs. Steaming the eyes over its boiled roots, and afterwards
washing the face, is considered a cure for ophthalmia by the Wan-
yamiigzi. Madi, Feb. 4, 1863. (755.)
11 A . p e n n a t a , Willd.; pea-sized, yellow, scented heads of flowers. Nov. 16,
1860.
12 A . s p . , “ M’gongwah; ” 10 to 12 ft. circ. tree, with marble-sized spots of
sparkling gum ; pod contorted, dull red, 10 inches by 14 , thin as brown
paper, containing ten flat, shiny seeds; uses—hatchet-handles and build-
mg purposes; black as rosewood, and said to sink in water; plentiful.
5 S. (101.)
1 A l b i z z i a , L e b b e J c , Benth.; “ Lubach” (Arab.); shady, ornamental trees, planted
by Government-house, Kartoom, 154° N. April 5, 1863. (773.)
2 A . s p . , “ M’sangal’a ; ” young thornless tree, with long, uniform, boughing
branches; bark brown like the mountain ash and circularly lined • used in
building. Stream bank. 3° N. Feb. 10, 1863. (764.)
3 A . r h o m b i f o l i a , Benth.; small bushy tre e ; no uses. Madi. 3° N. Feb 6
1863. (760.) ' D’
1 Z y g i a s p . (leaf only); “ M’koondee; ” a t 4 ft. high, measured 27 ft. in girth ■
branched into noble boughs at 15 ft.; flower, a round, pink, pendent tasseL